Abstract: The invention is a process for the preparation of elastic polyurethane flexible foams having densities from approximately 25 to 60 kg/m.sup.3, and producing molded articles in closed molds at temperatures from 25.degree. to 80.degree. C., comprising reacting(A) an organic polyisocyanate prepolymer having an isocyanate content from 6 to 20 percent by weight prepared by reacting a toluene diisocyanate and/or a diphenylmethane diisocyanate with a di- to tetrafunctional polyether polyol having a hydroxyl number from 20 to 50 and oxyethylene terminal group content of at least 10 to 30 percent by weight(B) a mixture of compounds containing reactive hydrogen atoms, comprising a mixture of(a) from 55 to 89.5 parts by weight of at least one di- to tetrafunctional polyether polyol having a hydroxyl number of from 20 to 80 and less than 10 percent by weight terminal oxyethylene groups,(b) from 0.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where Cat.sym. is a secondary or tertiary alkylammonium cation of 16 to 30 carbon atoms and the aromatic rings can be further substituted by chlorine, bromine, methyl, methoxy or nitro, are useful for the preparation of low-electrolyte powder and liquid formulations or for coloring organic media.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein K is a radical of a coupling component, R is a radical of a methylene-active compound, X is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryl, or hetaryl and Y is cyano, nitro, alkanoyl, aroyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, carboxyl, a carboxylic ester group or unsubstituted or substituted carbamyl. The present compound is useful for the dyeing of polyesters, nylons, cellulose esters and blends of polyesters and cellulose fibers.

Abstract: A process for the drying of inorganic hydrogels obtained from readily hydrolyzable compounds of the elements Al, Si, Ti, B, La, Zr, Cr, Sn, Th or Mg, and organic hydrogels based on gelatine, albumin or agar agar, from CO.sub.2, to give aerogels is easy to carry out industrially, and drying can be effected at from room temperature to 90.degree. C.The resulting aerogels are transparent and have a low bulk density and low thermal conductivity.The aerogels can be used as packing materials for liquid chromatography, as catalyst carriers, as substrates for enzymes and as adsorbents.

Abstract: In magnetic recording media consisting of a non-magnetic base and, bonded on top of this, one or more magnetizable layers based on magnetic material finely dispersed in a polymer binder, a lubricant and further conventional additives, the lubricant used is a triethanolamine esterified with oleic acid.

Abstract: Novel dye salts of anionic dyes of the general formula I ##STR1## where F is a radical of an anionic dye, n is 1, 2, 3 or 4, and B.sup.1 and B.sup.2 independently of one another are each unsubstituted or substituted branched alkyl or alkyl-substituted cycloalkyl having a total of 10 to 36 carbon atoms, are very useful for dyeing solvents, printing inks or polymeric film-forming materials.

Abstract: Resilient foams based on melamine resins are prepared by foaming an aqueous solution which contains a melamine/formaldehyde precondensate, an emulsifier, a volatile blowing agent and a curing agent and then curing the foam. In this process, from 0.2 to 4% by weight of an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or aluminum salt of an organic, preferably polybasic acid, of a polyphosphoric acid or of a boron acid are added to the aqueous solution.

Abstract: The novel compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## where R and R.sup.1 are substituents and the rings A can be substituted and/or can carry fused rings, are useful intermediates for the preparation of, for example, dyes and active ingredients.

Abstract: Aqueous "C" enamels which bake to yield clear, rather than opaque films, and which contain very high carboxylic acid levels in the enamel may be prepared by reacting a zinc oxide containing predispersion at elevated temperatures with a highly carboxylate enamel.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## where X is a 5-membered heterocyclic structure from the oxazole, oxadiazole, thiazole, thiadiazole, imidazole or triazole series, Y is a radical of the formula ##STR2## the rings A, B and C can be further substituted and can be fused to a benzene ring, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aralkyl or cycloalkyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the nitrogen are piperidino, pyrrolidino or morpholino, R.sup.3 is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, acyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl or arylsulfonyl, and R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl or cycloalkyl, are particularly useful as dyes in liquid-crystalline media.

Abstract: Impact-resistant thermoplastic polyester molding materials are prepared by thoroughly mixingA. from 52 to 99 parts by weight of a melt of one or more polyalkylene terephthalates withB. from 1 to 48 parts by weight of one or more elastomeric graft polymers prepared by emulsion polymerization and composed of1. from 70 to 90% by weight of a grafting base consisting of elastomeric polymers having a gel content of not less than 80% and a glass transition temperature Tg of less than -20.degree. C. and2. from 10 to 30% by weight of a grafted shell consisting of one or more polymers having a glass transition temperature Tg greater than 40.degree. C.,in the form of an aqueous dispersion in which not less than 80% of the particles of graft polymer B have a size of from 0.05 to 0.15 .mu.m, with simultaneous removal of the water which vaporizes.

Abstract: Magnetic recording media comprising a non-magnetic substrate and a magnetic layer comprising a finely divided magnetic material dispersed in an organic solvent soluble, crosslinkable, essentially linear, thermoplastic polyurethane which possesses acrylate side and terminal groups wherein said polyurethane is prepared by reacting poly- and/or diisocyanates with a mixture of (a) methacrylate - or acrylate - diols having molecular weights of from 146 to 3,000, (b) monoesters of methacrylic or acrylic acid and a diol having a molecular weight of from 116 to 300, and (c) other organic polydiol compounds which have molecular weights of from 400 to 5,000.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where R is alkyl of 1 to 10, preferably 1 to 4, carbon atoms, X is O or S, Y is hydrogen or nitrophenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by chlorine, bromine, methoxy or methyl, when n is 1, and is C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -alkylene when n is 2, and Z is cyano or 2-benzimidazolyl, are prepared by a process in which an iminoether of the formula II ##STR2## is reacted with a compound of the formula III ##STR3## where A.sup..crclbar. is an anion. The compounds prepared according to the invention are useful intermediates, for example for the preparation of diazo components.

Abstract: Magnetic recording media comprise a non-magnetic base and one or more magnetic layers consisting of an organic binder matrix containing finely divided magnetic material, the said binder matrix being obtained by electron beam curing of a mixture of from 60 to 100% by weight of a polyurethane acrylate polymer possessing polymerizable acrylate double bonds and from 0 to 40% by weight of an acrylate monomer and/or an acrylate prepolymer and/or an N-vinyl monomer.

Abstract: Photopolymerizable mixtures comprising one or more photopolymerizable, olefinically unsaturated compounds and one or more photoinitiators or photosensitizers, with or without other conventional additives and/or assistants, contain, as an activator, a tertiary amine of the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each an unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or phenyl radical, hydroxyl or alkoxy, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are bonded together to form a cyclic alkylene radical, R.sup.3 has the same meanings as R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 and may furthermore be hydrogen, acyloxy or substituted benzoyloxy, and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or phenyl radical, or R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are bonded together to form a cyclic alkylene or alkyleneoxyalkylene radical.

Abstract: Light is concentrated in plastic sheets by a method in which the fluorescent centers used are perylenetetracarboxylic acid diimides of the formula ##STR1## The compounds (I) are prepared by chlorinating (I) in which n is 0 with sulfuryl chloride in an inert organic liquid in the presence of a catalyst. In the formula, n is 2, 3, 4 or 5 or 6, and R and R.sup.1 independently of one another are each (a) straight-chain or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by cyano, hydroxyl, cycloalkyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkenylcarbonyl-oxy or cycloalkylcarbonyloxy and in which the alkyl chain may furthermore be interrupted by O or S, or (b) C.sub.5 -C.sub.18 -cycloalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl, carboalkoxy or trifluoromethyl.Novel perylenetetracarboxylic acid diimides of the formula I, where n is 4 and R and R.sup.

Abstract: A tape guide system wherein a magnetic tape having different resistivites on its back and front travels in contact with guide elements, the members of these elements which are in contact with the tape being matched to the relevant face of the tape in respect of surface resistivity and/or of charge affinity. The members contacting the front of the magnetic tape accordingly consist of a conductive or low-insulation material and the members contacting the back of the tape consist of a high-insulation material. In alternative embodiments, the contact members can consist of a material of low conductivity, or of a plastic with an added conductive material. The novel guide system can be used in any type of high-speed magnetic tape transport mechanism. The invention also concerns the tape guide elements per se, and magnetic tape cassettes employing the tape guide system.

Abstract: Rigid polyurethane foams which exhibit constant or slightly decreasing strain with an increasing stress in compression are prepared employing from 30 to 60 parts of an oxyalkylated toluenediamine polyol per 100 parts of polyol mixture. These foams may be employed in shoring up geological formations.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of finely divided ferrites of the general formulaMeFe.sub.2 O.sub.4 (I)where Me=aMn+bNi+cZn+dCo+eFe(II), and the atomic weight ratios a, b, c, d and e are each from 0 to 1 and their sum is 1, orM.sub.2.sup.1 Me.sub.2.sup.1 Fe.sub.12 O.sub.22 (II)where M.sup.1 is barium, strontium, calcium and/or lead, and Me.sup.1 is divalent manganese, copper, iron, cobalt, nickel, zinc, magnesium and/or equimolar amounts of lithium and trivalent iron, orM.sup.2 (Me.sup.2 Ti).sub.x Fe.sub.12-2x O.sub.19 (III)where M.sup.2 is barium or strontium, Me.sup.2 is zinc, nickel and/or cobalt and x is from 0 to 1.5, wherein the aqueous solutions of the salts required for the particular composition are reacted with an aqueous solution of sodium carbonate and/or potassium carbonate, the water is removed, the dry salt mixture is heated at from 800.degree. to 1200.degree. C., and the resulting finely divided ferrite of the predetermined composition is isolated by leaching with water.

Abstract: Alkylbenzenes are prepared by converting an alkyl-, alkylidene- or alkenylcyclohexene or an alkyl- or alkenylcyclohexadiene in the presence of an acidic zeolite catalyst of the pentasil type, in the gas phase or liquid phase.